'Zootopia' 'Trollhunters' and 'Kubo' Lead 44th Annie Award Winners

On February 4th ASIFA-Hollywood held the 44th annual Annie Awards- the yearly awards ceremony dedicated to animation. And what a night it was for animation lovers everywhere! The two most nominated features Zootopia and Kubo And The Two Strings both did well with Zootopia winning six (of eleven nominations) and Kubo three (out of ten). Zootopia's wins included Best Animated Feature and best writing and directing in an animated feature. There were other wins for Disney elsewhere, including a couple for Moana and another for the Mickey Mouse shorts.

Michael Dudok De Wit's feature debut The Red Turtle (a co-production between Studio Ghibli and European studio Wild Bunch) took home Best Animated Feature (Independent). Patrick Osborne's Oscar-nominated Google Spotlight short Pearl surprised by taking home three awards (but not Best Animated Short). In the realm of TV DreamWorks Animation and Guillermo Del Toro's Netflix show Trollhunters took home an impressive three awards and Bob's Burgers two.

Also welcome was a win for Mark Osborne's The Little Prince in the music category (as the film was sadly overlooked elsewhere) and a career achievement award for the legendary Mamoru Oshii.

The full list of nominees and winners are below. You can also still view the whole (three hour) event online below or by clicking here.

PRODUCTION CATEGORIES

Best Animated Feature

Finding Dory - Pixar Animation Studios

Kubo and the Two Strings - LAIKA

Kung Fu Panda 3 - DreamWorks Animation

Moana - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Zootopia - Walt Disney Animation Studios

Best Animated Feature - Independent

Long Way North - Produced by Sacrebleu Productions, Maybe Movies, Norlum Studios, France 3 Cinéma and 2 Minutes

AFA is a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program and Amazon EU Associates Programme, an affiliate advertising programme designed to provide a means for sites to earn advertising fees by advertising and linking to Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk.